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Evergreen Dazed E
Evergreen Dazed Sep 6, 2012 16:05:34
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
and thanks for taking all the flak on skara brae, as i was the one on this thread who first mentioned going in for free after hours
Not wishing to be pedantic bladup, but you didn't! You mentioned Maes Howe. I bought up the subject of Skara Brae. Not that it matters much, just saying.

I think this thread has been fantastic. For me personally it has helped to clarify some of the confusion in my own mind and straighten out the dilemma I felt in the beginning about 'after hours' access.

I feel its been a journey, of sorts, resulting in a point of view that I now feel comfortable with and feel absolute faith in.

I think thats what a forum like this should do and I hope it's made others go on their own journey too, maybe even changing a few minds in the process or at least making people consider other possibilities.

B bladup
bladup Sep 6, 2012 16:24:39
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

Evergreen Dazed wrote:
bladup wrote:
and thanks for taking all the flak on skara brae, as i was the one on this thread who first mentioned going in for free after hours
Not wishing to be pedantic bladup, but you didn't! You mentioned Maes Howe. I bought up the subject of Skara Brae. Not that it matters much, just saying.

I think this thread has been fantastic. For me personally it has helped to clarify some of the confusion in my own mind and straighten out the dilemma I felt in the beginning about 'after hours' access.

I feel its been a journey, of sorts, resulting in a point of view that I now feel comfortable with and feel absolute faith in.

I think thats what a forum like this should do and I hope it's made others go on their own journey too, maybe even changing a few minds in the process or at least making people consider other possibilities.


I've not mentioned maes howe , it would be hard to get in there at night without breaking the lock [ which i wouldn't do ] i did look though, i did kick off in there though because they would'nt let you in the side chambers, i was replying to someone mentioning skara brae so yes you did mention it first, sorry and no thats not been pedantic, i've always said that i don't get this i'm always right attitude, as we learn as humans a lot of the time by been wrong, and then learning from that wrong.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Sep 6, 2012 16:34:49
Replying to Evergreen Dazed

I think thats what a forum like this should do and I hope it's made others go on their own journey too, maybe even changing a few minds in the process or at least making people consider other possibilities.
You’ve more-or-less said what I’ve been thinking. There have been some spectacularly well argued points which have raised the forum to a level that it hasn’t seen for many a year – long may it continue. More than that though, I think there’s a long overdue, and very welcome, sea-change at work - one away from absolutes to a more thoughtful consideration of what our heritage is, how best to preserve it and, last but not least, how to enjoy it!

PS I don’t envy Sanctuary coming back to this lot ;-)

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